The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-08

Il heard no more. 1t was too true. There
he lay on his bed with a treacherous stab
wound in the heart. The bag of money
was gone and so was the mother of the girl
whom the foolish boy had wronged The
blood had spouted from the wound and
covered the table on which the money had
been lying. And now YOU NAV wonder
what button had to do with this terrible
crime
Il will tell you When we had put the
money In the bag, proposed to seal it, and
L put on the wax. NV ring, however,
made too small and light an impression,
and my son suggested one of our livery but
tons, on which was large crest He got
button, and then in a playful humor said
Father, let us stick the button on the
wax, and leave it there
He did So and when You spoke of but
ton similar to ours, bearing stain of blood,
l could not but remember the dreadful
night and the fact that more than likely my
youngest child's blood had stained the but
ton which we placed on the wax"
Was the murderer arreSted" inquired
Senior Sanchez.
Never" was the reply. "No one had
any doubt that it was the mother of the
girl who infatuated my boy that perpetrated
the awful crime, and stole the money, but
all search for her was unavailing"
When Senior Sanchez returned to AL
buquerque, he took into his confidence a
shrewd lawyer. Senior Sanchez had erected
new building on the site formerly occu-
pied by house owned by a woman named
Maestas. Sonora Muestas was after SOME
difficulty found, and on visiting Sonora
Torres shop, she identified her as a woman
who lived in her house for about month.
The theory of the lawyer and Senior Sanchez
was that Sonora Torres was the murderer
of Francisco Ortiz, and that the couple with
her were her daughter and her daughters
husband.
All the facts were now communicated to
Senior Ortiz, who paid visit to Albu-
querque, but his birds had flown. Two de-
tectiveS were employed, but after months of
searching gave the case up as fruitlesS.
One day Senior Sanchez was called on bust
ness to Joyita, a city some miles from Albu-
querque, but while passing through it VIC
lent storm came on and he drew up his car
riage under shady tree Immediately af-
terward phaeton was driven by, a man
and woman in front and a woman on the
back seat. The latter Senior Sanchez easily
recognized as the missing Sonora Casinira
Torres. He was not Observed and in spite
of the storm he
DETERMINED TO PURSUE THE PHAETON.
At the end of the village it turned up
lane, and when Senator Sanchez reached
the place he saw the phaeton before the
gate of a cottage about 100 yards beyond the
junction. Driving a little further, he
stopped at roadside inn and ascertained
that the persons whom he had seen in the
ph9ton lived in the cottage.
Next day Sonora Torres and her compan-
ions, Marie and Antonio Rociada, were ar
rested Sonora Torres was identified be-
yond question as Inez Ramon, the murderer
of Francisco Ortiz, and the younger woman
as her daughter. The elder woman was
tried for the crime and convicted. Before
taken to prison for life she confessed all
For years after her admission into the
family of Ortiz she had contemplated the
killing of Francisco as a retributive act for
the wrong to her daughter The liberality
of Seror Ortiz to the girl, and his procuring
for her a position greatly superior to any
she could otherwise have hoped for, induced
the mother to fOrbear, in the hope that
perhaps something might bring Francisco
and the girl together again, and marriage
might yet result. When, on the fatal night,
she overheard the conversation of the father
and the eldest son, and learned that a large
sum was to be deposited in Francsco's bed
room, as a birthday gift, she resolved to get
possession of the money at all risks, and
thus avenge her wrongs.
Stationing herself in a recess of the corri-
dor she saw Senior Ortiz and his son enter
the dressing room of Francisco's apartments.
They passed out of sight and left the door
aiar. This seemed the very opportunity
that she desired She swiftly glided into the
room, and had barely time to reach the
shade when father and son returned from
the inner room. AS she saw them she
crouched to one side, and then it was, doubt
less, that young Ortiz caught an indistinct
glimpse of her form, causing the remark
that if he believed III ghosts he should feel
disposed to say that he had seen one. In
stantly, on the door being locked by
Senior Ortiz, she moved into the chamber.
A rushlight was burning on low stool by
the fire, and she could see all that was in
the room At the moment that Senior Ortiz
again unlocked the door and glanced into
the dressing reom the woman had placed
her hand on the bag of money. The sound
of the lock almost paralyzed her. She re-
placed the money and glided behind the
curtain of the bed. Listening intently she
again heard the door closed and locked. As
she came forth from among the folds of the
heavy curtain her foot caught and the cur
tain was drawn violently. The rafting of
the rings aroused francisco and he half
arose on his elbow. Fearful of discovery
the woman drove
THE KNIFE INTO THE YOUNG MANS BREAST.
He half sprang out of bed, and the blood
spouted over the floor and the table and
stained the bag and the button.
Then the woman, feeling satisfied that
the youth was dead, took the bag of money
and passed out Going to her room, she
put on two dresses and two shawls and
Quilted the building. She hadn't gone far
when she buried the gold, only taking
enough for her immediate wants.
She Travelled all night and at daybreak
reached a small town and walked through
il. On the other side she threw off a dress
and shawl and crammed them and her bon
net into a hole she dug. Here she tied
handkerchief round her head and retraced
her steps through the town. By this
means she effectually threw her pursuers off
the track. She iourneyed from place to
place until finally she reached Albuquerque.
In the mean time, her daughter had mar
ried designer in metals, and 10y a strange
coincidence he was offered employment in
shop in Albuquerque, and had to pass through
the very street where CasiInira Torres, alias
Inez Ramon had her little shop. One even
ing he took his wife TO see the place where
he bad passed his days, and in the little
butcher shop she discovered her mother.
The murder was known, of course, to the
daughter and her husband, but not until
now did the latter know that the supposed
murderer was his wife's mother. He was
81 man who had an eye TO the main chance,
and the price of his silence and submission
| was a share of the money which the woman
had stolen.
Sonora Ramon went TO prison, where she
coon became a raving maniac, and as such
died Her daughter was not proceeded
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